I don’t know how much Justin Bieber you listen to during the average week, but I’ll just say this: since this pandemic started, I’ve been listening to A. Lot. Of. Bieber. I haven’t been a Bieber fan for all that long, so I don’t know how to explain this life choice (and it is a life choice, as the other member of my household can confirm) other than to say that when my world is in a state of high emotional entropy, I crave songs—or better yet entire albums—with as little emotional complexity as possible. I want to press play and feel one crystalline sentiment at a time.
Ok, reading this late but I so so relate. Small hits of dopamine!
I spent one of the most harrowing chapters of my life unable to consume 99% of media (books/tv/music) and survived exclusively on Bieber youtube videos. I am no longer able to be objective about Bieber content it is just too perfectly what I need when I can’t do anything else.
Current favs:
As long as you love me, as a nod to that chapter. The YouTube video is perfectly confusing and ideally distracting.
Peaches, “I get my light right from the source ^ ” while wearing a pink polka dot puffer and in a list that also wassups the supply chains for his weed and his peaches. No notes.
This really made me think. Thank you! The I-Thou relationship also reminds me of a concept in Buddhism called not-self (referred to in the book Why Buddhism is True). Basically, it refers to the self doesn't really exist, and not being so attached to self. Then you can also see others more clearly.
Ok, reading this late but I so so relate. Small hits of dopamine!
I spent one of the most harrowing chapters of my life unable to consume 99% of media (books/tv/music) and survived exclusively on Bieber youtube videos. I am no longer able to be objective about Bieber content it is just too perfectly what I need when I can’t do anything else.
Current favs:
As long as you love me, as a nod to that chapter. The YouTube video is perfectly confusing and ideally distracting.
Peaches, “I get my light right from the source ^ ” while wearing a pink polka dot puffer and in a list that also wassups the supply chains for his weed and his peaches. No notes.
This really made me think. Thank you! The I-Thou relationship also reminds me of a concept in Buddhism called not-self (referred to in the book Why Buddhism is True). Basically, it refers to the self doesn't really exist, and not being so attached to self. Then you can also see others more clearly.